Cyclamen is a perennial plant of the first-born family, numbering about 20 species. Distribution of cyclamen in the wild is quite extensive.
Where does the cyclamen come from?
Room cyclamen are Persian and European species. The homeland of the indoor European cyclamen is Spain and Central Europe. The homeland of the Persian cyclamen is called North-East Africa and Iran, as well as Turkey and the countries of the Middle East. Sometimes some wild species of cyclamen occur in the foothills of the Caucasus and in the Crimea.
The conditions in the homeland of the cyclamen flower are quite severe, so the plant is accustomed to the complexities of scanty soil and cool nights. Generally, in the wild, cyclamens grow in groups in the shade of deciduous forests or on mountain slopes. That's why they prefer coolness and diffused light at home.
Cyclamen distribution history
For the first time in Europe, the cyclamen was found in the 17th century by wild pigs, who liked to feast on its tubers. And only in the middle of the 19th century in England the flower began to grow as an ornamental plant. In greenhouses it was planted along with exotic plants.
In the same room colors tsikameny began to be cultivated by the French in 1731. At first, the cyclamen had tiny white flowers, and only thanks to the painstaking work of the flower growers and breeders, he was recognized, having borrowed the smart hybrid varieties that had spread all over the world.
Today the variety of colors and shapes of the inflorescences of this amazing flower is simply amazing. Breeders show imagination, creating hybrids with corrugated and multicolored frills, rims, bicolour inflorescences.
It is safe to say that if you have a cyclamen on the windowsill or in the conservatory, you will unconditionally and forever fall in love with this beautiful and fragrant flower.